Author Jaap Robben and translator David Doherty talk to us about the 2021 International Booker Prize-longlisted novel Summer Brother.
Jaap Robben
Jaap Robben is a poet, playwright, performer and acclaimed children’s author
You Have Me to Love, his first novel for adults, won the 2014 Dutch Booksellers Award, the Dioraphte Prize, and the ANV Award for best Dutch debut. Robben was chosen as one of the featured debut authors at the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival. Summer Brother is his second novel.
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Jaap Robben’s compassionate coming-of-age tale is a tender account of brotherly love in a dysfunctional family setting
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